Ninjas vs. Yetis

[thatguy]

Soon, Yetis and friends will be able to express themselves with a "hairy creature" emoji!

https://blog.unicode.org/2025/07/say-hel...ng-in.html

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

? Say Hello to the New Emoji Coming in Unicode 17.0 This Fall! ✨

From ? to ? to ?, emoji have become the world's favorite way to say anything—without saying a word. Whether you're texting your best friend, posting on social media, or cheering someone up with a perfectly-timed ?, emoji help us connect across languages, cultures, and continents. 

But have you ever wondered how a new emoji makes its way to your keyboard?

That’s where the Unicode Consortium comes in. We're the nonprofit behind the Unicode Standard—the foundation that, in short, ensures your text (and emoji!) work across all your devices, around the world. Every year, new characters including emoji are added to the Unicode Standard and after a lot of paperwork are added to your device of choice  

And today, on World Emoji Day, we’re thrilled to share some of the new emoji that will debut as part of the Unicode 17.0 release. Say hello to…

• Trombone
  
• Treasure Chest
  
• Distorted Face
  
• Hairy Creature 
  
• Fight Cloud
  
• Apple Core
  
• Orca
  
• Ballet Dancers 
  
• Landslide
  

These new emoji have long standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive, and contain multitudes of expression.

--tg